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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
This was a truly wonderful book. It had a little bit of every genre. Historical fic, romance, acion, adventure, Scifi, just about everyone can find something they will like. Books like this don't get written enough these days.
I enjoyed the premise here, but it's aimed beneath me in age range.
actually... i really-really like this novel, but eventhough i do, i can't passed the lame twist and lies which this story was built and how it climax and ended.
connor stories were all good, i love him from the moment of his birth on the sky, his learning days with victor vigny (and his mis-behaved with isabella) to his 'learning days' in little saltee to the brokenhearted airman days. and his prison breaks was the best moment of them all. but that's it.
the based presumption of how his father misjudged him was the bottom low *comeee on daddy... not even a slight doubt of the devil's tounge? your king just died, your son involved, and he was the only eye witness?? what kind dumb soldier are you?* the climax scene was lame and boooòóooring. also too short compared to all of adventures that were going on.
other than that, isabella, catherine and declan characters do not deep enough to be believeable, to be humanise. i know this story was told from connor pov, but i think the characters in the palace should be built strong enough to counter connor's.
so, by and by, i loveeee the connor 'airman' broekhart story *five full stars there*, but the settings and premises are too annoying to be dismissed. sorry... 3 stars it is.
Full review at my blog
http://readbetweenpages.blogspot.co.id/2015/12/airman.html
connor stories were all good, i love him from the moment of his birth on the sky, his learning days with victor vigny (and his mis-behaved with isabella) to his 'learning days' in little saltee to the brokenhearted airman days. and his prison breaks was the best moment of them all. but that's it.
the based presumption of how his father misjudged him was the bottom low *comeee on daddy... not even a slight doubt of the devil's tounge? your king just died, your son involved, and he was the only eye witness?? what kind dumb soldier are you?* the climax scene was lame and boooòóooring. also too short compared to all of adventures that were going on.
other than that, isabella, catherine and declan characters do not deep enough to be believeable, to be humanise. i know this story was told from connor pov, but i think the characters in the palace should be built strong enough to counter connor's.
so, by and by, i loveeee the connor 'airman' broekhart story *five full stars there*, but the settings and premises are too annoying to be dismissed. sorry... 3 stars it is.
Full review at my blog
http://readbetweenpages.blogspot.co.id/2015/12/airman.html
this book was my FAVOURITE book when I was around 10/11 and honestly I'm getting chills from seeing it pop up on my goodreads. literally I LOVED THIS BOOK IT WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED. maybe I should reread.
A friend recommended this to me as a quick, fun read that he enjoyed from his childhood. I'm 21 but I still vastly enjoyed this book for its whimsy and worldbuilding. Setting the story on fictional islands so near countries such as England and Ireland made this story seem like a lost bit of history with all of the excitement of invention and daring deeds. A very fun read that I regret only finding now and not getting to experience it as a child, but better late than never, I suppose.
Rereading this because I hardly reread nowadays and I love this book and I want to reread it.
I still stand by that this is Eoin Colfer's best work. All of his trademark humour and memorable character development is here and is made more sophisticated? I don't know I just feel it's so polished. And I'll chuckle every time I find a good nugget like wow it's so subtle but still so witty.
I really like this book for the right amount of swashbuckling and science fiction-ish (but not really? It's more historical) (Wow, so I've actually read historical fiction!) Romance is also not too overdone, which is always A++ by my standards. Trials and tribulations omgosh, I really cannot comprehend how Conor survived Little Saltee for so long. So it gives me hope a bit.
I think rereading this makes me appreciate Linus more for being Conor's moral compass when they are finally out of Little Saltee. Not sure if that could be expanded a bit more but if you go through Little Saltee and think your family disowned you for being a traitor to the throne, I would do a Conor and book it for America too. Everything is truly in the right doses like this is fantastic and tight writing.
I don't think I'm ever going to get over Airman.
I still stand by that this is Eoin Colfer's best work. All of his trademark humour and memorable character development is here and is made more sophisticated? I don't know I just feel it's so polished. And I'll chuckle every time I find a good nugget like wow it's so subtle but still so witty.
I really like this book for the right amount of swashbuckling and science fiction-ish (but not really? It's more historical) (Wow, so I've actually read historical fiction!) Romance is also not too overdone, which is always A++ by my standards. Trials and tribulations omgosh, I really cannot comprehend how Conor survived Little Saltee for so long. So it gives me hope a bit.
I think rereading this makes me appreciate Linus more for being Conor's moral compass when they are finally out of Little Saltee. Not sure if that could be expanded a bit more but if you go through Little Saltee and think your family disowned you for being a traitor to the throne, I would do a Conor and book it for America too. Everything is truly in the right doses like this is fantastic and tight writing.
I don't think I'm ever going to get over Airman.
Eoin Colfer shows once again that, when freed of the burden of churning out another Fowl novel, he can write entertaining, imaginative fiction still. There are flashes of humour and a somewhat unlikely setting, but the reader is drawn in to this generally serious tale of invention and redemption. Perhaps only The Supernaturalists and the first two Fowl books are better.
Imagine if the Count of Monte Cristo were less vengeful, aimed at children, and more like a fairy tale. Sweet story with Colfer's trademark humour here and there.